{"id":47352,"date":"2014-01-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=47352"},"modified":"2014-01-08T23:15:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T04:15:18","slug":"torontos-urbanism-headlines-thursday-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/01\/09\/torontos-urbanism-headlines-thursday-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto&#8217;s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TAX HIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/city_hall\/2014\/01\/08\/duelling_mayors_norm_kelly_rob_ford_dispute_size_of_toronto_tax_hike.html\">Duelling mayors Norm Kelly, Rob Ford dispute size of Toronto tax hike<\/a>\u00a0[Toronto Star]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2014\/01\/08\/committee-meets-to-finalize-torontos-2014-budget\">Toronto budget committee approves 2.25% tax hike<\/a>\u00a0[Toronto Sun]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jan 08, 2014 9:17AM EST - Mayor rails against 2.25-per-cent property-tax increase, promises \u2018easy\u2019 $50-million in savings but declines to provide specifics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/deputy-mayor-kelly-throws-support-behind-smaller-toronto-property-tax-increase\/article16241470\/\" name=\"&amp;lpos=sec-toronto-today's must reads-storypicture&amp;lid=Headline.1\">Ford hints at privatization after tax hike<\/a>\u00a0[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0STREETCARS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/city_hall\/2014\/01\/08\/doug_ford_wants_streetcars_off_downtown_streets.html\">Doug Ford wants to remove streetcars from downtown streets\u00a0<\/a>Doug Ford still eyeing provincial career\u00a0[Toronto Star]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jan 08, 2014 2:58PM EST - Rob Ford\u2019s re-election campaign will be focused on \u2018putting every single penny we have toward underground rapid transit,\u2019 brother says\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/disabled-streetcars-fuel-fords-war-against-above-ground-transit\/article16243830\/\" name=\"&amp;lpos=sec-toronto-today's must reads-storypicture&amp;lid=Headline.1\">Disabled streetcars fuel Fords\u2019 war against above-ground rail transit<\/a>\u00a0[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WEATHER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2014\/01\/08\/ice-storm-cost-toronto-106-million-city-staff\">Ice storm cost Toronto $106 million: City staff<\/a>\u00a0[Toronto Star]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jan 08, 2014 4:14PM EST - Council passes motion asking Ontario\u2019s minister of municipal affairs to consider the city a \u2018disaster area\u2019\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/mississauga-seeks-provincial-funds-for-storm-cleanup\/article16244903\/\" name=\"&amp;lpos=sec-toronto-na-storyheadline&amp;lid=Headline.3\">Peel region seeks provincial funds for storm cleanup<\/a>\u00a0[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jan 08, 2014 5:05AM EST - The arrivals and departures boards at the country\u2019s biggest airport were again showing numerous delays and cancellations on Wednesday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/more-delays-and-cancellations-at-pearson-airport-wednesday-as-deep-freeze-continues\/article16240881\/\" name=\"&amp;lpos=sec-toronto-na-storyheadline&amp;lid=Headline.4\">More cancellations, delays at Pearson Airport in wake of deep freeze\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0OTHER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2014\/01\/08\/watch-the-toronto-zoos-baby-polar-take-its-wobbly-adorable-first-steps-in-explosively-cute-new-videos\/\">Watch the Toronto Zoo\u2019s baby polar bear take its wobbly, adorable first steps in intensely cute new videos<\/a>\u00a0[Video] [National Post]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2014\/01\/08\/high-time-for-term-limits-at-city-hall\">High time for term limits at city hall<\/a>\u00a0[Toronto Sun]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAX HIKE Duelling mayors Norm Kelly, Rob Ford dispute size of Toronto tax hike\u00a0[Toronto Star] Toronto budget committee approves 2.25% tax hike\u00a0[Toronto Sun] Ford hints at privatization after tax hike\u00a0[Globe &amp; Mail] \u00a0STREETCARS Doug Ford wants to remove streetcars from downtown streets\u00a0Doug Ford still eyeing provincial career\u00a0[Toronto Star] Disabled streetcars fuel Fords\u2019 war against above-ground<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/01\/09\/torontos-urbanism-headlines-thursday-33\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Toronto&#8217;s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8204,"featured_media":41752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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